James Blood Ulmer - Blues Experience - Bucharest 1993 

I owe this Guy my Entrance into Music Wonderland.

underrated? by whom? and what the hell for any `rating`? u want him to be mainstream mass-ware:-)? i don`t get it...

@@markuselipka not really sure what you mean. If you are criticizing me for wanting him to be successful, think about this for a moment. Jaco Pastorious was a living legend, arguably the best electric bass player ever. Died on a park bench. So yeah, I hope they all sell out.

@@tranceencounter of course, my comment was provocative, and of course i wish an artist like blood every success he really deserves and wishes for himself. my point is the conflation of art and quality. if i evaluate art `qualitatively` by putting a work or its creator in an arbitrary relation to one or more others, for instance with terms like `better than`...`, or `best of all times...`, i take away from art what distinguishes it from the economy and put it on a level of competition. competition, however, has nothing to do with art. art cannot be evaluated, except in terms of taste. (and taste is a really subjective, respective individual thing, isn`t it?) in my opinion, this is exactly the essence of art. art is a highly individual matter, which makes it the last actual living space of unrestricted freedom, so to speak. that's why a 'rating' of artists and/or their works is completely absurd to me. if that´s relevant at all or not....? another question about taste🙂. i`m just always triggered by terms like `underrated`, `greatest of all time` etcetera within a context of art. that`s it. has that become a bit more understandable now? best regards and pacem in terris!